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Quarter plate daguerreotype portrait of John Brown attributed to John A. Whipple of Boston, Mass. The photo was apparently taken in Boston for Amos A. Lawrence after the Osawatomie affair (1856).
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- Related Name
- Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886
- Language
- English
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Item Summary
Quarter plate daguerreotype portrait of John Brown attributed to John A. Whipple of Boston, Mass. The photo was apparently taken in Boston for Amos A. Lawrence after the Osawatomie affair (1856).
Descriptive Information
- Title
- John Brown [photograph], 1856.
- Call Number
- Q-000297
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcvh53x948w
- Language
- English
- Date Created
- 1856.
- Format
- Visual material
- Extent
- 1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w ; visible oval image 9 x 6 1/2 cm. (quarter plate)
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Binding Note
- GAX copy: In custom maroon cloth clamshell box (28 x 23 cm.).
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f7f7400e-730b-4e73-bf3d-cb61e51b330f/manifest